Researchers have created a model that follows food beyond traditional calorie calculations, incorporating the role of gut microbes in digestion. Food labels make calorie counts look straightforward. The number listed per serving is calculated from the food’s fat, carbohydrate, and protein content. In reality, the digestive process is much more complex. As food moves through [...]
Researchers have developed a urine-based screening tool that may help identify individuals who are most likely to be diagnosed with autism later in life, opening the door to assessment and support networks.
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Scientists discovered that fog droplets can host living bacteria that grow and help remove harmful pollutants from the atmosphere, revealing fog as a surprisingly active microbial environment. Every breath you take may contain microscopic hitchhikers floating through the atmosphere. Scientists have known for years that bacteria drift through clouds and air currents, but new research [...]
As caps and gowns filled Arizona State University on Monday, Harrison Ford asked the graduates to carry their purpose into the world ahead. More than that, the actor urged them to go change the world themselves. Harrison Ford gives a passionate speech at Arizona State University After receiving an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane […]
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An Impression of the Toba Supereruption, 74,000 Years Ago
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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
Mount Toba in the lake formed in the volcanic caldera
Sometimes, religion can be right, but,…
New research reveals that midlife in the U.S. is becoming more stressful and less secure. Middle age is often portrayed as a time of stability, career peaks, and established family life. It is also tied to familiar stereotypes, from the so-called “midlife crisis” to sudden lifestyle changes. In reality, researchers typically define midlife as the [...]
The true reason ancient insects grew so huge just got a lot more mysterious. Three hundred million years ago, Earth looked nothing like it does today. The continents were joined into a single landmass called Pangaea. Around the equator, vast coal-swamp forests dominated the landscape. Oxygen levels in the atmosphere were much higher than they [...]
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Following Arizona State’s men’s basketball team’s historic, season-ending shellacking in the first round of the Big 12 tournament, the school made official on Wednesday what had felt inevitable since the start of the season: It will not renew head coach Bobby Hurley’s contract. Instead, the agreement will simply expire at the end of June. Unremarkable […]
Innovation rarely happens in isolation. Usually, the systems that engineers design are shaped by global teams whose members’ knowledge and ideas move across borders as easily as data.
That is especially true in my field of robotics and automation—where hardware, software, and human workflows function together. Progress depends not only on technical skill but also on how engineers frame…
Close-up data from Parker Solar Probe is helping scientists uncover how the solar wind is heated and accelerated, improving predictions of space weather and deepening insight into plasma behavior around the sun and beyond. Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains energy and [...]
Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information. Since computers first began shaping modern society, scientists have faced two ongoing problems: finding ways to store rapidly growing amounts of digital information and ensuring that this data remains secure from unauthorized access. Researchers at Arizona State University’s [...]